When Qin Ming and his party returned to Qin Mansion, it was already noon.
After lunch, Qin Ming called several important stewards from the inner courtyard to his study.
Li Yuan sat on the sofa and said impatiently:
"Boy, everyone is here. What's the matter with you? Tell me quickly. I took away all the people who can play cards in the house all morning, and they didn't leave two for me. Just after dinner, you took the What do you want people to do here?"
Qin Ming was not angry when he heard this. He picked up a couplet from the desk with a smile and said:
"Have you thought that everyone has seen this couplet in my hand?"
Seeing everyone nodding, Qin Ming smiled and said:
"I'm calling everyone here. There is something we need to complete together. Tomorrow is the New Year's Day. So in addition to tonight's New Year's Day party, in order to increase the festive atmosphere, we will post stickers on both sides of all doors in the house this afternoon. This couplet written on red paper should be posted horizontally on the door. The content of the couplet must be auspicious words for New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, just like what I wrote on these two pieces of paper."
As he spoke, Qin Ming held up the couplets high and showed them to everyone in the study.
Xiao Changxi looked at the couplet and read:
"The first couplet: the auspicious star shines high, the family is prosperous and the family is prosperous. The second couplet: the young and old are safe, blessed and prosperous, the house is prosperous. The horizontal scroll: blessed and longevity."
Qin Ming smiled and said:
"Here, let me show you how to put this on."
After saying that, she took the couplet and walked out of the room, while Qingwan followed Qin Ming with a bowl of paste.
Seeing this, everyone followed him out of the study door. Li Yuan, who was originally complaining about Qin Ming, also followed curiously out of the room.
Soon Qin Ming, with the help of Qingwan and Sishe, posted the Spring Festival couplets.
He turned around and looked at everyone with a smile and said:
"Does everyone understand? In a moment, Butler Xiao, Qingwan, and Zijun and I will be responsible for writing couplets, and you will be responsible for posting them at every door of the mansion. Do you understand?"
Although everyone didn't understand why Qin Ming posted the couplet on the door, they still had to carry out the words of the family leader, so they nodded.
Li Yuan looked at the two pieces of calligraphy posted on the door, and listened to people around him praising Qin Ming's beautiful calligraphy, so he became interested. He was a restless person, and he always thought that his calligraphy skills were literary. He was very well-educated, and this was a good time for him to show off his skills to Qin Ming, so he walked to the desk and said:
"I will help you write couplets together. Today I will also open your eyes and see what calligraphy masters are."
Qin Ming smiled and made room for Li Yuan, while Qingwan obediently handed Li Yuan a writing brush.
In this way, Qin Ming, Li Yuan, Xiao Qingwan, Xiao Changxi, and Yang Zijun wrote couplets. Si She and Mou Tu directed the people in the inner courtyard to post couplets everywhere. The entire Qin Mansion was a busy scene.
Everyone kept busy for a while, and within an hour, all the doors in the house were pasted with couplets and the characters "Fu".
Li Yuan himself did not expect that this writing actually took an hour, but he was so tired that when he straightened up, he felt as if he had just fought with several concubines all night, and his waist was almost broken.
But when Qin Ming pulled him out of the courtyard and saw the red couplets and blessing characters plastered all over the Qin Mansion, and when he saw many people in the mansion pointing to the couplets and blessing characters he wrote with smiles and praising them, He suddenly felt that this hour of busyness was worth it.
The New Year's Eve dinner was very simple. There was only one kind of food, dumplings. These dumplings were made by Qingwan and the cooks in the afternoon.
At this time, everyone in the Qin Mansion was called by Qin Ming to the courtyard where the banquet hall of the Qin Mansion was located, including the guards in the mansion, the craftsmen in the research institute, and the orphans in the academy. Because there were too many people, the hall could not There was no room for it, so Qin Ming simply asked people to light a huge bonfire in the yard. Everyone sat in the yard around the bonfire, chatting with the people around them in twos and threes.
Qin Ming asked the kitchen to serve everyone a bowl of dumplings and pour a bowl of wine.
After everyone arrived, Qin Ming picked up the wine bowl and walked to the fire and coughed a few times. When everyone calmed down, Qin Ming smiled and said to everyone:
"The space in the mansion is too small. This year we have to have the New Year's Eve dinner in the courtyard. When the new mansion is built next year, this problem should be solved."
When everyone heard this, they all said:
"It's okay, young master, you can still think of us today, which is already the greatest reward to us."
"Yes, it's okay, sir."
"Young Master is the best person I have ever met in my life."
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Qin Ming stood next to the fire and pressed his arms to everyone. After everyone calmed down, he continued:
"Today is the last day of the fifth year of Zhenguan. I, Qin Ming, would like to thank you all for your contribution to the Qin Mansion in the past year. Without you, there would be no Qin Mansion today. There will be a performance party and banquet in the mansion tonight. After the end, there will be a fireworks show, so I won’t say too much here. I wish everyone here good health, all the best, and a Happy New Year!”
Everyone cheered after hearing this, especially the escort team led by Qin Da and the craftsman team led by Li Chun.
Uncle Huang, the old housekeeper of the Qin Mansion, sat among a group of people and looked at the handsome young man beside the fire. He burst into tears and murmured:
"Sir, you have grown up."
Xiao Changxi, Yang Zijun, Xiao Qingwan, Si She, Mou Tu, Xiao Qing and other girls in the Qin Mansion looked at Qin Ming with their eyes shining.
It wasn't until they were preparing meals in the afternoon that they realized that Qin Ming would have everyone from the Qin family come here to eat and watch the party tonight.
This is a very unbelievable thing in this era. No one like Qin Ming, a wealthy son or head of the family, would like to invite the servants and craftsmen in the house to have a New Year's Eve dinner together.
At this moment, Qin Ming seemed to be shining in their eyes. At this moment, their eyes could not help but reveal a hint of admiration. Which woman in this era would not be confused by seeing such a special boy.
Yang Zijun sat next to Xiao Changxi. The beautiful Danfeng's eyes were full of the handsome young man with a smile by the campfire. His left hand on his knee clenched his fist tightly, and he couldn't help but cheer himself up in his heart.
Li Yuan sat in the crowd and watched this scene with mixed emotions. He knew that Qin Ming's actions were just unintentional, but the most terrifying thing is unintentional actions. As the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how could he not know that Qin Ming's actions were unintentional? After one operation, it can win the hearts and minds of most people in the house.
Fortunately, he had the foresight. As long as Qin Ming and Chang Le got married, they would be his own members of the Li Tang royal family.
Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes and had to hurry up to finalize the marriage between Qin Ming and Chang Le.
